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Japanese mobile games firm GREE will pull out of the UK as it restructures its business across Europe. According to Tech Crunch UK the firm has proposed to shut down the team it was building in central London. Last summer the firm announced formal plans to open a UK office …
Read More »iOS App Store turns five, hit games go free to celebrate
Infinity Blade II and Tiny Wings are just some of the games you can download for free today as part of the iOS App Store’s 5th birthday celebrations. The App Store launched on July 10th, 2008 and its impact on the video games market cannot be understated. Now mobile publishers …
Read More »Iwata: "More third-party Wii U titles on the way"
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has teased that unnanounced games from third-party publishers are in development for Wii U. Like many Nintendo home consoles before it, the Wii U has struggled to secure strong and consistent third-party support since launch. Most notably, there are very few EA games in development for …
Read More »Valve’s ‘perfect hiring’ hierarchy has ‘hidden management’ clique like high school
Hardware maverick Ellsworth was fired by studio in February and says it 'stabbed her in the back'
Read More »Vivendi seeks payout after Acitivision Blizzard sale fails
French telecoms giant Vivendi is reportedly looking for ways to extract cash from Activision Blizzard. The company currently owns a 61 per cent stake in the Call of Duty publisher, but has been trying to sell this over the past few months. With no interest from other parties, Vivendi is …
Read More »The Last of Us is UK No.1 for a fourth week
The Last of Us has done what BioShock Infinite and Dead Island: Riptide could not, and that’s score a fourth consecutive No.1 in the UK charts. The horror action game retains its position despite a 46 per cent drop in sales. It was a really slow week for new titles, …
Read More »Microsoft’s London studio hires Channel 4 exec
Channel 4 Online business manager Jen Topping has joined Microsoft Soho Productions. Taking up the role of business manager for EMEA TV, Topping will work on building new TV content experiences for Xbox hardware.She will report to Soho Productions studio manage Brian Stone. I’ve had a great time at Channel …
Read More »Report: Mattrick planned Zynga buyout
Zynga's new CEO tried to buy the social game company while at Microsoft
Read More »Nintendo ‘underestimated’ scale of HD development
Miyamoto admits company didn't anticipate rise in time and cost of Wii U games
Read More »Iwata: No layoffs necessary at Nintendo
Company president tells investors restructuring isn't the answer to falling profits
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